Malcolm Falkus
Emeritus Professor, Faculty of The Professions, School of Business Economics and Public Policy
Qualifications
BSc(Hons) (London), FRHistS
Contact
| Email: | mfalkus@hotmail.com |
| Room: | W040 |
Publications
Books and Monographs
Readings in the History of Economic Growth (OUP, 1968), pp. xi + 391
The Industrialization of Russia Since 1700 (Japanese edition, Tuttle, 1985), pp. vi + 156
The Industrialization of Russia 1700-1914 (Macmillan, 1972; 2nd ed, 6th reprint 1986), pp. v + 115
A Historical Atlas of Britain (Granada, 1981; 2nd Ed, 1987), pp. x + 223. (Japanese Edition, Tuttle-Mon, 1985)
Britain Transformed: An Economic and Social History of Britain, 1700-1914 (Causeway Press, 1987), pp. v + 234
Always Under Pressure: A History of North Thames Gas Since 1949 (Macmillan, 1988), pp. xii + 219
The Blue Funnel Legend: A History of the Ocean Steam Ship Co., 1865-1973 (Macmillan, 1990), pp. xx + 411
Called to Account: A History of Coopers Lybrand in Australia (Allen & Unwin 1993), pp. xiv + 306
(with others) Child Labour in Asia: Some Perspectives on Selected Countries (AusAID, Canberra, 1997), pp. ii + 210
(ed., with Ryoshin Minami and Kwan Kim), Growth, Distribution, and Political Change: Asia and Beyond (Macmillan, 1999) pp.x+420
Book Chapters
"The Beginnings of Industrial Growth in Russia and Japan", in Readings in the History of Economic Growth, OUP, 1968
"Lighting in the Dark Ages of social and Economic History: Town Streets Before the Industrial Revolution", in D.C. Coleman and A.H. John (eds.), Trade, Government and Industry in Pre-Industrial England (Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1976)
"Fagging and Boy Government in Victorian Public Schools" in G. McDonald Fraser (ed), The World of the Public School (Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1977)
"Europe in the World Economy, 1900-1914", in E. Bairati (ed), La Belle Epoque (Milan, Mondadori, 1977)
(with E.L. Jones) "Urban Improvement and the English Economy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries", in P. Uselding (ed), Research in Economic History, IV (1979). (Reprinted in P. Borsay (ed), The Eighteenth Century Town: A Reader in English Urban History, 1688-1820 (Longmans, 1990)
"La politica economica degli Stati Uniti", in Marina Storaci (ed), La Crisi Del 1929, (Zanichelli, 1983)
"Early British Business in Thailand", in R.P.T. Davenport-Hines and G. Jones (eds), British Business in Asia (Cambridge University Press, 1989)
"The Development of Municipal Trading in the Nineteenth Century", in R.P.T. Davenport-Hines (ed), Capital, Entrepreneurs and Profits (Frank Cass, 1990), pp. 61-88
(with E.L. Jones), "Urban Improvement and the English Economy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries", in P. Borsay (ed), The Eighteenth Century Town: A Reader in English Urban History, 1688-1920 (Longmans, 1990), pp. 150-99
"United States Economic Policy and the Dollar Gap of the 1920's", in F.H. Capie (ed) Protectionism in the World Economy (Edward Elgar, 1992), pp. 243-253
"From Primate City to Megalopolis: the Development of Bangkok since 1900", in T.C. Barker (ed), The Megalopolis in History (Macmillan, 1993) pp. 243-265.
"Thai Industrialization: An Overview", in Mehdi Krongkaew (ed), Thailand’s Industrialization and its Consequences (Macmillan, 1995) pp.13-32
"Child Labour in Thailand", in Malcolm Falkus and others, Child Labour in Asia: Some Perspectives on Selected Countries (AusAID, Canberra, 1997) pp. 145–180
"Bangkok in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Dynamics and Limits of Port Primacy", in Frank Broeze (ed.), Gateways of Asia: Port Cities of Asia in the 13th–20th Centuries (Kegan Paul International, 1997) pp. 221–233
Reports
Child Labour in Asia (Report prepared for AusAID, February, 1996) by M. Falkus, S. Blackburn, H. Brasted, A. Kaur, and D. Wright). Chapters by M. Falkus: "General Introduction and Overview" (pp.1-12), and "Child Labour in Thailand", (pp.147-181)
Child Labour in Manufacturing Industries, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia (Report prepared for United Nations, International Labour Organisation, Southeast Asian Region, August, 1996), (pp.v + 73)
Nepal: Report on Child Labour, Basic Education and Health (Project Identification Mission prepared for AusAID, May 1999), 2Vols.
Inaugural Lecture
"Britain, Asia, and the World Economy, 1870-1939" (University of New England, 1989).
Articles in Refereed Journal
"Russia and the International Wheat Trade, 1881-1914", Economica , November 1966
"Aspects of Russian Industrialization Before the First World War", Australian Journal of Politics and History, December 1966
"The British Gas Industry Before 1850", Economic History Review, December 1967
"Russian National Income in 1913: A Revaluation", Economica, February 1968
(with D.L. Gadiel), "A Comment on the Price Revolution of the Sixteenth Century", Australian Economic History Review, March 1969
"United States Economic Policy and the "Dollar Gap" of the 1920's", Economic History Review, November 1971
"The German Business Cycle in the 1920's", Economic History Review, August 1975
"The Development of Municipal Trading in the Nineteenth Century", Business History, July 1977. (Reprinted in R.P.T. Davenport-Hines (ed), Capital, Entrepreneurs and Profits (Cass, 1990), pp. 61-88
"The German Business Cycle in the 1920's: A Reply", Economic History Review, February 1977
"Aspects of Foreign Investment in Tsarist Russia", Journal of European Economic History, Spring 1979
"Modern British Economic Development: The Industrial Revolution in Perspective", Australian Economic History Review, March 1979
"The Early Development of the British Gas Industry, 1790-1815", Economic History Review, May 1982
"Sir David Milne-Watson", in D.J. Jeremy (ed), Dictionary of Business Biography, (Butterworths, 1985), Vol. 4, pp. 247-50
"Economic Backwardness", in J. Eatwell, M. Milgate, and P. Newman (eds), The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, (Macmillan, 1987), Vol. 1, pp. 170-1
"Chernyshevskii, Nikolai Garilovich", The New Palgrave, Vol. 1, pp. 411-2
"Plekhanov, Georgii Valentinovich", The New Palgrave, Vol. 3, pp. 896-7
"Rodbertus, Johann Karl", The New Palgrave, Vol. 4, pp. 218-9
"British Economic History: the Tasks Ahead", Economic Record , September 1989, pp. 279-96
"Economic History and Environment in Southeast Asia", Asian Studies Review , July 1990, pp. 65-79
"The Economic History of Thailand", Australian Economic History Review, XXXI, No. 1, 1991, pp. 53-71
"The Origins of Danish Entrepreneurship in Thailand", Pacific, June 1991, pp. 5-13
"Henry Phelps Brown as an Economic Historian", Review of Political Economy, ECONOMIC HISTORY, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS (1962-1987)
"United States Economic Policy and the "Dollar Gap" of the 1920's", Economic History Review, November 1971
"The German Business Cycle in the 1920's", Economic History Review, August 1975
"The Development of Municipal Trading in the Nineteenth Century", Business History, July 1977. (Reprinted in R.P.T. Davenport-Hines (ed), Capital, Entrepreneurs and Profits (Cass, 1990), pp. 61-88
"The German Business Cycle in the 1920's: A Reply", Economic History Review, February 1977
"Aspects of Foreign Investment in Tsarist Russia", Journal of European Economic History, Spring 1979
"Modern British Economic Development: The Industrial Revolution in Perspective", Australian Economic History Review, March 1979
"The Early Development of the British Gas Industry, 1790-1815", Economic History Review, May 1982
"Sir David Milne-Watson", in D.J. Jeremy (ed), Dictionary of Business Biography, (Butterworths, 1985), Vol. 4, pp. 247-50
"Economic Backwardness", in J. Eatwell, M. Milgate, and P. Newman (eds), The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, (Macmillan, 1987), Vol. 1, pp. 170-1
"Chernyshevskii, Nikolai Garilovich", The New Palgrave, Vol. 1, pp. 411-2
"Plekhanov, Georgii Valentinovich", The New Palgrave, Vol. 3, pp. 896-7
"Rodbertus, Johann Karl", The New Palgrave, Vol. 4, pp. 218-9
"British Economic History: the Tasks Ahead", Economic Record , September 1989, pp. 279-96
"Chinese Business Enterprise in Asia" (Review Article), Business History, Oct. 1996, pp.113-5
"Labour in Thai Mining: Some Historical Considerations", Asian Studies Review (Vol.20, November 1996)
"A Survey of Child Labour in Southeast Asia", ILO Regional Surveys, Bangkok, November 1996, pp.1-14
"Income Inequality and Uncertain Democracy in Thailand". Keizai Kenkyu (Hitotsubashi University) 48, 2, 1997, pp. 128–142
"The Development of a Female Wage-Labour Force in Thailand" (Asian Studies Review, 24, 2, June 2000, pp.175-193)
8, 2, April 1996, pp.157-166
"Chinese Business Enterprise in Asia" (Review Article), Business History, Oct. 1996, pp.113-5
"Labour in Thai Mining: Some Historical Considerations", Asian Studies Review (Vol.20, November 1996)
"A Survey of Child Labour in Southeast Asia", ILO Regional Surveys, Bangkok, November 1996, pp.1-14
"Income Inequality and Uncertain Democracy in Thailand". Keizai Kenkyu (Hitotsubashi University) 48, 2, 1997, pp. 128–142
"The Development of a Female Wage-Labour Force in Thailand" (Asian Studies Review, 24, 2, June 2000, pp.175-193)